Hi Garry,
Welcome to the list. Where in Michigan are you? I used to live in the
Detroit area myself? I bought my first Bugeye when I was still in High
School there. We look forward to hearing about what you turn up.
Gerard
At 2:05 PM -0400 10/12/99, Garry wrote:
>I thought I would send off a note introducing myself to the Spridgets
>mailing list. My name is Garry McKissick and live in Michigan with the
>wife, Jennifer, and daughter, Anne. We are very new to Austin Healeys
>and have begun our search for a 58-61" Austin Healey Bugeye Sprite. All
>that we care about right now is that, is it driveable (it could be
>partailly restored or older restoration)...? We want a car that we
>could drive right away without too much work (i'm not afraid to work on
>the car either). Were trying to find out going rates for these cars
>too... So, if anyone knows of the whereabouts of a Bugeye Sprite ---
>please let me know.
>
>My knowledge of building engines and fixing vehicles in general goes
>back a long time. But most of the racing knowledge has to deal with
>Dodge Turbocharged vehicles (working as a development engineer for
>DaimlerChrysler might have something to do with this). I have designed
>and built a 4-cylinder turbo that's making over 300hp to the wheels ---
>that's another story.
>
>Now you might be wondering how in the world did I ever get interested in
>Austin Healey Bugeye Sprites...??? Well that would have to be because
>of some good friends of ours from England, Chris and Ali Nevard. Some
>of you might know Chris, because he runs "The Midget and Sprite Club
>Online" page.
>
>I hope to learn a lot from this mailing list and maybe some day be able
>to help you guys/gals out.
>
>Garry
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